The Desert Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.60° S 175.34° E

The Desert, New Zealand Weather Observations

Issued: 11 pm 17 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Desert sea temperature is
12.1° C
0.2° 

The Desert surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for The Desert based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in The Desert right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near The Desert

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Ngawi Automatic Weather Station

9 km WSW24 m above sea level

47 minutes ago
Dry
35
fresh winds from the S
(35 km/h at 180°)
10 °C-
-
-
-
-

Haurangi

21 km NW417 m above sea level

57 minutes ago
Dry
wind obs. (19 kph from 90 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
6 °C-
-
-
-
-

Stony Creek

21 km NNE111 m above sea level

57 minutes ago
light rainRecent light rain
5
light winds from the W
(6 km/h at 270°)
7 °C-
-
-
-
-

Tuatoru

38 km NNE65 m above sea level

44 minutes ago
Dry
5
light winds from the SW
(7 km/h at 225°)
8.3 °C-
-
-
-
-

Te Muna

40 km NNE60 m above sea level

57 minutes ago
light rainDry
wind obs. (6 kph from 90 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
6 °C-
-
-
-
-

Taranui Grove

41 km NNE19 m above sea level

47 minutes ago
Dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 135°)
8.3 °C-
-
-
-
-

Baring Head

44 km W150 m above sea level

57 minutes ago
-
75
gales from the SW
(74 km/h at 225°)
105
8.7 °C-
-
-
-
0

Spunkatron

45 km NW50 m above sea level

47 minutes ago
No weather report
10
light winds from the SW
(9 km/h at 225°)
9.4 °C-
-
-
-
-

Cross Creek wx

45 km NW451 m above sea level

52 minutes ago
-
5
light winds from the SW
(6 km/h at 234°)
25
9 °C-
-
-
-
0

Fraser Street

50 km WNW88 m above sea level

47 minutes ago
Dry
5
calm
(4 km/h at 0°)
8.7 °C-
-
-
-
-

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to The Desert and within an acceptable time window.

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